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Points Finish A Well Earned Reward For Marcus Armstrong At Sakhir

Sunday, 29 November 2020, 3:52 pm | Veritas Communications Ltd

Locked in the centre of the battle for the 2020 FIA Formula 2 Championship, Kiwi race driver Marcus Armstrong has secured his third points finish of the season. As the championship enters its penultimate round in Bahrain, Armstrong has dramatically ... More >>

Marcus Armstrong Back On Track In Fia Formula 2

Friday, 27 November 2020, 8:15 am | Veritas Communications Ltd

After a lengthy late-season break, Kiwi race driver Marcus Armstrong returns to the FIA Formula 2 Championship this weekend for the penultimate round at the Sakhir circuit in Bahrain. Armstrong has spent the time between the previous round in September ... More >>

First Blood To Ruiterman As 2020 Jg Civil Nz Offroad Racing Championship Kicks Off

Tuesday, 10 March 2020, 9:14 am | Veritas Communications Ltd

Pukekohe racer Carl Ruiterman has scored the first win of the 2020 JG Civil New Zealand Offroad Racing Championship – though today he is nursing bruises and muscle pain from the pummelling dished out by the deceptively rough farm course. Carl Ruiterman ... More >>

Armstrong stays strong in Formula 3 at Silverstone

Monday, 15 July 2019, 8:12 am | Veritas Communications Ltd

Marcus Armstrong has taken a third and a fourth in the latest round of the 2019 FIA Formula 3 Championship at Silverstone in the UK. The New Zealander banked valuable points for the podium finish on Saturday in race one, then moved decisively forward ... More >>

Perfect debut for Marcus Armstrong at Nurburgring

Wednesday, 21 September 2016, 1:05 pm | Veritas Communications Ltd

Christchurch-born race driver Marcus Armstrong, 16, has achieved all the goals he set himself for his single-seater debut at the daunting Nurburgring in Germany. More >>

Marcus Armstrong ready for first Formula Renault race

Thursday, 15 September 2016, 2:41 pm | Veritas Communications Ltd

New Zealander Marcus Armstrong is preparing for his first Formula Renault race in Europe, taking on the long fast straights and sweeping turns of the Nurburgring Formula One circuit in Germany. Armstrong is currently based in Oxford, England, as he pursues ... More >>

Tom Alexander wins at Hampton Downs

Sunday, 1 March 2015, 12:15 pm | Veritas Communications Ltd

Tom Alexander Closer to Toyota Finance 86 Championship Title with Win in First Race at Hampton Downs He’s closing in on the title, but Bombay’s Tom Alexander still has plenty to do to win the 2014-2015 Toyota Finance 86 Championship after winning ... More >>

Maisano dominant in first Manfield race for TRS

Sunday, 15 February 2015, 10:39 am | Veritas Communications Ltd

Brandon Maisano took a flag to flag victory in today’s first race of the New Zealand Grand Prix weekend, winning the Dan Higgins Trophy despite gearshifting worries late in the race. More >>

Stroll Becomes Youngest Ever Winner of Lady Wigram Trophy

Monday, 19 January 2015, 5:58 pm | Veritas Communications Ltd

Lance Stroll, 16, has become the youngest winner of one of New Zealand’s oldest and most prestigious motorsport trophies. More >>

Blewett Takes Control at Pukekohe

Sunday, 30 November 2014, 11:34 am | Veritas Communications Ltd

“That was pretty intense,” Ashley Blewett said after fighting his way to the lead of the first Toyota Finance 86 Championship race of the weekend, then watching Jamie McNee slip past and having to fight off a hard-charging Tom Alexander for most ... More >>

Blewett and McNee Tied for Championship Lead

Friday, 28 November 2014, 9:39 am | Veritas Communications Ltd

Bravery and precision are the order of the day for the drivers in New Zealand’s leading one-make sports coupe series as they prepare to race on the fast straights and bumpy corners of the Pukekohe circuit in south Auckland. More >>

Toyota Finance 86 Championship Races into Second Season

Friday, 26 September 2014, 11:19 am | Veritas Communications Ltd

New Zealand’s leading one-make sports coupe racing series, the Toyota Finance 86 Championship, returns to the track this weekend with a vengeance and the top five drivers from the inaugural year are back to do battle once more. More >>

Drama as Offroad Racers Do Battle in Heat & Dust at Feilding

Tuesday, 11 March 2014, 11:10 am | Veritas Communications Ltd

Drivers banged wheels in spectacular fashion as the 2014 offroad racing national championship got underway in Feilding on Sunday, with Whakatane’s Malcolm Langley scoring a hard-fought fastest time of the day in competition for the ‘unlimited’ ... More >>

Top Teams Head for Feilding As Offroad Racing Season Begins

Wednesday, 5 March 2014, 1:11 pm | Veritas Communications Ltd

Local racers are aiming to get a strong start to their championship year as the New Zealand Offroad Racing Championship roars into action at Fielding on March 9. Palmerston North Offroad Racing Club has built an all-new course for the event and Club spokesperson ... More >>

Spectacular Race Action As Bmws Hit Tasman Revival

Monday, 24 February 2014, 1:42 pm | Veritas Communications Ltd

The biggest one-marque race championship in New Zealand motor racing hit Pukekohe this weekend for the Tasman revival race meeting. More >>

Cassidy Wins Grand Prix, Tang Wins Championship

Monday, 10 February 2014, 9:52 am | Veritas Communications Ltd

Defending Toyota Racing Series champion Nick Cassidy has won the 59th New Zealand Grand Prix, becoming only the second driver to take three Grand Prix wins in a row. He joins Craig Baird, who won a hat trick of wins in 1991-1993. More >>

Five way title fight at NZ Grand Prix

Thursday, 6 February 2014, 1:40 pm | Veritas Communications Ltd

Five Way Title Fight Comes To A Head This Weekend At New Zealand Grand Prix More >>

Martin Rump Wins Motor Cup, Tang Takes Championship Lead

Monday, 3 February 2014, 1:45 pm | Veritas Communications Ltd

Martin Rump led from pole in a flawless drive today to control the 22-strong TRS field and win the NZ Motor Cup, beginning a fightback that aims to shrug off two nightmare weekend race results that took away his championship lead. More >>

“Super Lucky” Orudzhev Wins Toyota Racing Series Race

Tuesday, 14 January 2014, 2:59 pm | Veritas Communications Ltd

Russian driver Egor Orudzhev won the first major trophy of the 2014 Toyota Racing Series at Teretonga on Sunday, sprinting from pole position to the race win in dominant style. It was his second win of the weekend, the 18 year old having won the first ... More >>

Record Field Promises Spectacular Action

Tuesday, 7 January 2014, 12:50 pm | Veritas Communications Ltd

A record 19-strong international contingent among the 23-car grid for this year’s Toyota Racing Series promises tough competition as New Zealand’s premier motor racing championship begins this weekend at Teretonga circuit near Invercargill. More >>

 

 
 
 
 
 

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